Kenyu Sugimoto (杉本 健勇, Sugimoto Ken'yū, born 18 November 1992) is a Japanese football player as a striker. He currently plays for Júbilo Iwata on loan from Urawa Red Diamonds.
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Full name | Kenyu Sugimoto | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1992-11-18) 18 November 1992 (age 29) | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ikuno-ku, Osaka, Japan | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||
Current team |
Júbilo Iwata (on loan from Urawa Red Diamonds) | ||||||||||||
Number | 9 | ||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||
2001–2005 | FC Ruy Ramos Vejitto | ||||||||||||
2005–2010 | Cerezo Osaka Youth | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2010–2014 | Cerezo Osaka | 89 | (11) | ||||||||||
2012 | → Tokyo Verdy (loan) | 18 | (5) | ||||||||||
2015 | Kawasaki Frontale | 24 | (6) | ||||||||||
2016–2018 | Cerezo Osaka | 107 | (41) | ||||||||||
2019– | Urawa Red Diamonds | 70 | (6) | ||||||||||
2021 | → Yokohama F. Marinos (loan) | 11 | (3) | ||||||||||
2022– | → Júbilo Iwata (loan) | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||
2007–2009 | Japan U17 | 11 | (9) | ||||||||||
2011–2012 | Japan U23 | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||
2017–2018 | Japan | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2021 |
In October 2009, Sugimoto was elected Japan U-17 national team for 2009 U-17 World Cup. He played all 3 matches and scored a goal against Brazil in the first match. In October 2102, he was elected Japan U-23 national team for 2012 Summer Olympics. He played 4 matches and Japan won the 4th place.
In September 2017, Sugimoto was elected Japan national team for 2018 World Cup qualification. At this qualification, on 5 September, he debuted against Saudi Arabia.[1]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Cerezo Osaka | 2011 | J1 League | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | |
2012 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | |||||
2013 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 37 | 3 | |||
2014 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 43 | 5 | ||
Total | 89 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 109 | 5 | ||
Tokyo Verdy | 2012 | J2 League | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 5 | |||
Kawasaki Frontale | 2015 | J1 League | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 31 | 7 | |
Cerezo Osaka | 2016 | J2 League | 43 | 14 | 0 | 0 | — | 43 | 14 | |||
2017 | J1 League | 34 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 35 | 23 | ||
2018 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 6 | ||
Total | 107 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 114 | 43 | ||
Career totals | 238 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 272 | 66 |
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No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 10 October 2017 | International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2017 Kirin Challenge Cup |
Júbilo Iwata – current squad | |
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2017 J.League Team of the Year | |
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Japan men's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – fourth place | ||
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